The rat race. I’ve heard the phrase a hundred times, but never understood how it came to mean our tiresome work life. Turns out it is an analogy to lab rats racing through a maze, expending great ...

B O S T O N, Jan. 24 -- Some rats apparently can't ever escape the rat race,even when they're sound asleep. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology saythey've entered the dreams of ...

Have you ever wanted your own personal lab rat? It sounds like such an awesome idea in regards to both pretending to be a scientist and owning a pet rat that was smart enough to find itself out of a ...

Getting a rat to run a maze is a lot easier. Granted, designing and building the maze takes a lot of upfront effort. But once that’s done, the lab technician can go home. Just put a piece of cheese at ...

The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes. By Hiroko Tabuchi Employees at the Environmental ...